I want to believe that you, Jeff Hurd, are a moral man and that you are not in total agreement with this regime’s actions, having trained as you did for…
As we turn back the clocks and check smoke alarm batteries, it’s worth remembering that many Colorado fire districts are struggling to meet growing demands with shrinking budgets. Lower property…
A big thank you to Hope Scheppelman for her column (Herald, Oct. 26) telling us exactly who she is so we can be certain to never vote for her under…
On the heels of Durango City Council’s resolution reaffirming support for immigrants (Herald, Oct. 10), ICE officers stopped and detained a father and his two children on their way to…
On Saturday, thousands of families across Southwest Colorado were faced with an unimaginable challenge: zero assistance for groceries for the month ahead. With entire food budgets off the table for…
All Colorado ballots must be received by 7 p.m. Nov. 4. The state offers secure, convenient voter registration for eligible residents – those who will be 18 by Election Day…
Last week, my first bill as your congressman, the Wetlands Conservation and Access Improvement Act, passed both the House and Senate. I’m proud to be among the first freshmen in…
For those of us living in the West, public lands are deeply woven into our culture. They offer habitat for wildlife, access to rivers, recreational trails, cattle grazing, and oil…
Communities in every corner of the country – especially those in Western Colorado – have felt the heavy consequences of intense wildfire seasons. Bipartisan legislation like the Fix Our Forests…
I am writing as a concerned parent to express my deep disappointment regarding the ongoing lack of transportation for away games across Durango’s middle school athletic programs. This has placed…
My name is Emmett Kane, I am in eighth grade at Mountain Middle School. I am writing this because I am concerned about how ICE agents detained children who are…
Ladies and gentlement: in 1960, when I started school in Wichita Falls, it was on the Air Force Base, so I was shielded, what with its being integrated, from much…
The editorial “Compassion in Action,” (Herald, Oct. 26) seems to confuse our Catholic dioceses. While your support of the warming center located at Sacred Heart parish hall is welcome, your…
As I grieve the thousands of immigrants – and some citizens – languishing in unregulated detention centers after sudden and sometimes violent detentions, I long for one thing: A revolution,…
At a recent League of Women Voters meeting, we heard from La Plata County Clerk Tiffany Lee, who spoke about our impeccable election security. She reassured us that election integrity…
La Plata County’s first responders showed extraordinary teamwork and heart
What does Rep. Hurd think about health care and the government shutdown? Who knows. Hurd certainly does not communicate much on these subjects to his constituents. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget…
What is this energy we all sink into when we read the news? There’s so much anxiety followed by anger, depression, confusion and/or numbness. Perhaps the most common experience is…
Has anyone looked at a USDA Forest Service website recently? Every page contains a banner blaming “Radical Left Democrats” for the government shutdown, and claiming that Donald Trump “has made…
It’s intuitively obvious to casual observers around our shared planet that Vlad Putin and Donald J. Trump want the same thing: the elimination of the good old USA. Is there…
After a lifetime in La Plata County, I was sure I had the budget figured out. Property values keep going up, therefore county revenues go up with them, right? Surely…
I received a text on Friday, Oct. 17, which was hilarious, though unintentionally so. “Take Politics out of Classes,” it blasted, as it then went on to parody itself. “Protect…
Recently, an older adult was referred to me with a question about an alleged food allergy. The story was that he was eating a chicken sandwich at a local fast-food…
I have written several emails to U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd. Most centered on the extreme abuses of power exercised by this administration, and Hurd’s and his colleagues’ meek acquiescence to…
Due to cuts in federal expenditure and property tax funding roads, bridges, public buildings, law enforcement, public safety, wildfires, floods, natural disasters, veterans services, seniors services, at-risk children’s services, family…
This past weekend was a powerful reminder of how deeply our county government touches our daily lives. When the waters rose, it was La Plata County’s Sheriff’s swift-water rescue teams,…
I liked the cartoon regarding a possible side effect of the government shutdown (Herald, Oct. 17). So, here’s a thought I have offered over the decades whenever there was a…
